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Between music camp, a writing workshop in Kansas, and a dozen other activities, I've been trying to finalize our curriculum list for this upcoming school year. And I'm elated to say the list is finally done, and nearly all the curriculum has been ordered.
Here's our homeschool curriculum plan for the upcoming year. And as usual, it's subject to change.
Joely, 4th grade girl
- World Views:Who is God? (And Can I Really Know Him?)
- English: Rod & Staff 4 and Wordsmith Apprentice
- Math: Singapore Math 4 along with the Challenging Word Problems 4 and Process Skills in Problem Solving 4
- Science: Christian Kids Explore Chemistry probably mixed with Earth & Space and Physics in the same series
- History: The Story of The World (volumes 3 & 4)
- Keyboarding: Using Mavis Beacon software
- Latin: Visual Latin
- Drawing & Design: Using various books on drawing we already own and The Non-Designer's Design Book
- Music: Private drum lessons and Practica Musica
- Physical Education: Judo lessons
Jerah, 7th grade girl
- World Views: Thinking Like a Christian
- English & Writing: Writers' Workshop course at Potter's School (will also be using resources from Analytical Grammar in the class). She'll also be doing One Year Adventure Novel's Other Worlds curriculum.
- Math: Chalk Dust Prealgebra
- Science: Exploring Creation With General Science at Potter's School
- History: Beautiful Feet's Early American & World History
- Logic: The Thinking Toolbox
- Personal Finance: Foundations in Personal Finance (first semester)
- Latin: Visual Latin
- Music: Private bass guitar lessons and Practica Musica
- Design: Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-On-One and The Non-Designer's Design Book
- Physical Education: Judo lessons
Jaden, 9th grade boy
- World Views: Thinking Like a Christian
- English: English 3 course at Potter's School
- Spelling: Apples Daily Spelling Drills for Secondary Students
- Math: Chalk Dust Geometry
- Science: Exploring Creation With Biology at Potter's School
- Study Skills: Using How to Study for College at Potter's School (first semester)
- Personal Finance: Foundations in Personal Finance (first semester)
- Government: Exploring Government (second semester)
- Latin 1: Using Lingua Latina at Potter's School
- Music: Private guitar lessons and Practica Musica
- Computer Science/Programming: Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, Programming in Objective-C, and Learning iOS Game Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Building Your First iPhone Game
- Physical Education: Judo lessons
Joy is the wife of 
Hi Joy – I love your site! You have done a lot of work and I appreciate your sharing. Thank you!
My son is going into 8th grade and showing interest in graphic art (like his dad). Computers are not my thing. My husband doesn't have the time. Can you give me any recommendations? I've looked at what you are using with your kids but I don't know where to begin. He has no fear when I comes to computers. He wants a Mac Book pro and he's saving for that but we currently have a PC. Any advice would be appreciated.
Happy homeschooling!
Karen
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Joy Reply:
August 27th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
By graphic art, what do you mean? Graphic design? Web design?
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Web design. I am clueless in this area. He doesn't have a lot of computer background so I would like him to get the basics, too.
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Hi! My girls brought me here from OYAN.
Do you know about this free gift from Carnegie Mellon University: http://www.alice.org/
"Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. "
Enjoy!
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THANK YOU so much for this site. I feel as though I can take a breath now. I appreciate your dedication to the site. It's inspiring.
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